Top YouTube stars ‘encourage children to use gambling site’

Jake Paul, an American vlogger, promoted a gambling website to millions of his subscribers

YouTube and some of its biggest stars have been accused of pushing a gambling website to children.

Vloggers popular with British youngsters, including the American Jake Paul and Morgan “Morgz” Hudson of Sheffield, have promoted a “mystery box” site where customers pay to try to win computer games, trainers, toys or other items.

The MysteryBrand site, which is being assessed by the Gambling Commission, enables people to pay fixed amounts to open virtual boxes that could contain expensive or low-value items. Boxes come in different categories at various prices. Apple boxes at $15/£11.80 may contain laptops, iPhones or cheap accessories such as charging cables, for example. On payment, customers see the box “open” on their screen. They can either keep the prize and have it…

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